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lonemagpieby Lawrence Block.
An early one from Block, a Bernie Rhodenbarr story from 1979, in which Bernie is hired to steal a unique Kipling volume, only to end up drugged and waking with a gun in his hand next to a corpse. Obviously, not being a murderer or gangster type character, Berni sets about finding out who hired him, who did the murder, and what’s going on, before the cops get him.
It’s one of those things that feels a bit weird because it’s set in what’s the modern day within my lifetime, but before the internet or cellphones. That always feels weird. Bernie’s an engaging character, as is his lesbian sidekick, and overall was light snappy fun.
10A) I should also mention I’m in the middle of FROM HELL by Alan Moore, but that’ll take for ages cos the font in the dialogue bubbles is small and strange even though the book’s the size of a paving slab. So I can only really read it in broad sunny daylight, and can’t shove it in a pocket..
An early one from Block, a Bernie Rhodenbarr story from 1979, in which Bernie is hired to steal a unique Kipling volume, only to end up drugged and waking with a gun in his hand next to a corpse. Obviously, not being a murderer or gangster type character, Berni sets about finding out who hired him, who did the murder, and what’s going on, before the cops get him.
It’s one of those things that feels a bit weird because it’s set in what’s the modern day within my lifetime, but before the internet or cellphones. That always feels weird. Bernie’s an engaging character, as is his lesbian sidekick, and overall was light snappy fun.
10A) I should also mention I’m in the middle of FROM HELL by Alan Moore, but that’ll take for ages cos the font in the dialogue bubbles is small and strange even though the book’s the size of a paving slab. So I can only really read it in broad sunny daylight, and can’t shove it in a pocket..
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Date: 2025-01-16 11:43 pm (UTC)Still, I can't remember if you managed to finish reading From Hell, and I hope you had a good time with it.
I'm sorry that it took me a month to notice your obituary.